This post originally appeared on writingcooperative.com. After eleven months at home, we’ve finally gotten tired of baking sourdough bread. Don’t get me wrong, my husband makes a mean loaf of bread. But by December, we were ready for a new culinary challenge to distract us from the pandemic. So of course, Santa brought me aContinue reading “It’s in the Dough: What pandemic pasta-making has taught me about writing”
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What Stories are Hibernating in Your Creative Greenhouse?
What greenhouse gardening taught me about the creative life. If there’s one silver lining to being home for nine months and counting, it’s that my garden has never looked better. The extra at-home time convinced me to try something I’ve been wanting to do for ages: greenhouse gardening. So this past summer, we ordered aContinue reading “What Stories are Hibernating in Your Creative Greenhouse?”
More Will Be Revealed
Author Henriette Ivanans talks with memoir coach Julie Artz about success of her debut memoir, In Pillness and in Health. This post originally appeared on the Author Accelerator blog. The year 2020 was a tough year to be a creative person, a sensitive person, a person in general. It was a year to take stockContinue reading “More Will Be Revealed”
Writing Myself Back Into the Light
The year 2020 left many artists struggling to create. For me, it was a time of intense depression and anxiety. Today I’m over at The Writing Cooperative talking about Writing Myself Back Into the Light during the darkest days of 2020. So if you’re struggling to create, can’t come up with the motivation to write,Continue reading “Writing Myself Back Into the Light”
Seven Non-Writing Tips to Boost Your Creativity
Many writers are coming off the creative high of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). But how do you boost your creativity? And how do you sustain it through the dark days of winter, the busy holiday season, and beyond? There are many articles out there about how to butt-in-chair your way through a draft. But I haveContinue reading “Seven Non-Writing Tips to Boost Your Creativity”
On Writing Emotion
The most frequent question clients ask me is “How do I write emotion?” We all know when we pick up a book by an author that’s gotten it right because we’re right there crying or raging or laughing alongside the main character. But how do we achieve that in our own fiction? Having just spentContinue reading “On Writing Emotion”
Pitch Wars Mentor Blog-Hop: Team Unicorn Mojo
Hello and welcome to the Pitch Wars 2017 Mentor Blog Hop! We are so glad you stopped by. We’re Team Unicorn Mojo and we are here to sprinkle magical unicorn dust all over your middle grade manuscript! In this post, we’ll take turns introducing ourselves and give you the inside scoop about what we’re lookingContinue reading “Pitch Wars Mentor Blog-Hop: Team Unicorn Mojo”
Guess who’s the new Regional Advisor for SCBWI WWA?
Yes, it’s true, this month I’m stepping up to be the co Regional Advisor for SCBWI’s Western Washington chapter. I’m so excited to step into this role alongside my amazing co-RA, Holly Huckeba. We’re already planning amazing things and are very lucky to have an amazing Advisory Committee working with us to continue to offer thisContinue reading “Guess who’s the new Regional Advisor for SCBWI WWA?”
I’m a Mentor Twice Over!
I’ve been lucky to have many mentors–teachers, friends, other writers–guide me on my writing journey. So I’m always delighted when I can give back to the writing community in some way. That’s why I’m so excited to announce that I will be a mentor for both TeenPit and Pitch Wars this year. I’m particularly thrilled about TeenPit becauseContinue reading “I’m a Mentor Twice Over!”
Lord Licorice – A spooky Halloween story for children
A couple of years ago, I wrote a spooky Halloween children’s story for my daughter and her friends as part of a Halloween slumber party. Now, I’m pleased to announce that it appears in the July 2016 issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk on Smashwords. It’s a fun little lower-middle grade adventure about girls who wakeContinue reading “Lord Licorice – A spooky Halloween story for children”